--martha stewart brand. the pentagon officials insist they're not crying wolf when they say proposed budget cuts could bet that a severely harm the military. defense secretary chuck capel said about $500 billion in automatic budget cuts slated to take effect over the next decade could lead the nation with an ill- prepared, under equipped military to face more technologically advanced enemies. hegel says if congress doesn't act to avoid cuts, the pentagon may be forced to mothball up to three navy aircraft carriers in order additional sharp reductions in the size of the army and marine corp's. in federal court has struck down the road and set a cap on debit card fees. in 2011, the federal reserve said a 21¢ limit on the fees banks charge retail stores for each debit card transaction. the national retail federation sued say the capp was too high. a u.s. district--court judge ruled the fed didn't have off 40 to set the limit and suggested the central bank considered earlier proposals to lower the fee to 12¢.